Q1, P7. Marian Gaborik Placed On IR

Today (Monday, October 27), the Minnesota Wild placed Marian Gaborik on the Injured Reserve list. The team said that Gaborik suffered an "unspecified lower-body injury" and will be put on the IR for an unknown amount of time. Before being placed on the IR, Gaborik had not played since October, 14th and has missed the last four games for the Wild. Center Owen Nolan was taken off the IR to make room for Gaborik and may replace him on the first line. Throughout Gaborik's career, he has been plagued with injuries to his leg muscles and it has kept him out of many games in previous years. This year is also Marian's contract year , but negotiations have been at a stand-still for at least a few weeks.

I think that we need to trade Gaborik before the trade deadline this year. The Wild tried all summer to sign him but he seemed unwilling to sign with Minnesota again. So the best course of action is to trade him now so we can get something in return from another team. There have been reports that the Montreal Canadians were interested in trading their captain, Saku Koivu for Gaborik. If that deal were to happen it would be an amazing steal for the Wild. We would get rid of a player who is unwilling to play for us and is struggling with injuries. In return we would get a solid player and proven leader to boost the team to the next level. Not to mention he's Mikko Koivu's brother. Unfortunately, I feel a trade for Gaborik will not happen and we won't sign him either. I hope some team gives him a huge deal next summer and he becomes a huge disappointment. If you haven't realized yet, I'm not a Marian Gaborik fan.